Oh my God.
Seeing this message, Shu Yu felt as if she were holding something filthy, immediately throwing her phone far away.
Shu Yu was on the verge of a breakdown.
Iron Egg was also on the verge of a breakdown.
Shu Yu: "I remember the original plot was that they dated online for half a year without ever meeting."
Iron Egg: [Yeah, the plot is supposed to be dating online for half a year without meeting, how could this happen.]
Even Iron Egg didn't understand why the plot was collapsing. They hadn't committed any violations; they were just following the experience of their predecessors to make some money. Why was this happening?
Iron Egg: [Baby Yu, don't panic. Wait for me to look up what to do in this situation.]
Shu Yu nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for you to find a solution."
Shu Yu hugged her weak and helpless self, feeling extremely devastated inside. What happened to just dating online? If they were going to meet, how could it still be called online dating?
Wasn't it agreed that Si Yiheng was very busy and had no time to meet her?
Why did he suddenly have time?
Couldn't Si Yiheng just study hard, work hard on his experiments, and work hard to take over his family's company?
This male lead wasn't ambitious at all!
Shu Yu muttered in her heart.
Iron Egg searched for a while and found that previous hosts and systems had also encountered situations where the male lead asked to meet.
But the hosts and systems basically always managed to fool them and get away with it.
The excuses used were endless.
Host 1's excuse was that she had a terminal illness and it was inconvenient to meet. As a result, the male lead flew to her city overnight with a medical team and cornered Host 1 while she was eating barbecue on a snack street.
Host 1 later posted on the system forum: "Don't use a terminal illness as an excuse, the male lead will bring doctors."
Host 2's excuse was that she was actually a synthetic human. The male lead eventually caught her and said he just liked synthetic humans. Host 2 commented: He wouldn't even spare a synthetic human, the male lead is a pervert.
Shu Yu followed Iron Egg and flipped through several pages. Her expression grew solemn; it seemed the final fate of all these hosts was being taken down by the male lead.
Shu Yu fell silent for a moment before speaking, "Iron Egg, do you think I'll be..."
Iron Egg: [Stop right there. Si Yiheng shouldn't be so direct. The previous male leads didn't have many good qualities, which is why those hosts couldn't escape their evil clutches.]
Shu Yu cupped her face and looked at Iron Egg expectantly, "So, does Si Yiheng have any good qualities?"
Iron Egg fell silent for a moment, [Well, not really.]
No matter how much a male lead restrained himself or appeared gentle on the outside, he would always have some paranoid possessiveness in him.
Wasn't the whole point of reading novels to see the male lead's possessiveness over the female lead and how he treats her as his one and only?
Iron Egg comforted Shu Yu, [It's okay, they just had terrible luck to accidentally trigger that kind of script. We aren't the female lead, we are just the foil supporting female character. It's impossible for us to trigger that kind of script.]
Shu Yu felt that Iron Egg was a bit unreliable, but she had no other choice than to believe it.
After all, Iron Egg was slightly more professional than her.
Iron Egg: [How about this, you tell Si Yiheng that you have a rash on your face and it hasn't healed yet, so it's inconvenient to meet him.]
Shu Yu took a deep breath, "Okay."
LittleFishSwimming: Brother, I got a rash on my face, it's not convenient for me to meet you.
After sending the message, Shu Yu felt a bit uneasy and asked Iron Egg uncertainly, "Will Si Yiheng believe me?"
Iron Egg pulled up some data and analyzed it, [According to the original plot, he should believe it. Si Yiheng is the male lead, and your current role is just a foil supporting female character. He won't care too much about whatever you say.]
Shu Yu was originally a bit uncertain, but hearing Iron Egg say this, she put her mind at ease again.
The phone chimed twice. Si Yiheng picked up his phone and saw the message Shu Yu sent him.
Si Yiheng's cold eyes narrowed slightly.
ATM: Mmh.
ATM: Get some good rest first, we can talk about meeting up later.
Shu Yu breathed a complete sigh of relief. Iron Egg was right. She was the foil supporting female character of this world.
As the male lead, Si Yiheng wouldn't develop any unnecessary feelings for her.
Shu Yu lay on the table and obediently sent a voice message, "Okay."
Si Yiheng didn't expect to hear the girl's voice again. It sounded a bit listless and pitiful. It seemed Shu Yu was truly feeling unwell.
Si Yiheng typed a string of words, then deleted them.
ATM: Transfer 100,000.
Shu Yu immediately regained her energy and accepted Si Yiheng's transfer in a second.
ATM: ...
Listless, but still energetic when it comes to money.
It seemed there wasn't a major problem.
Si Yiheng threw himself back into his experiments. Over the next few days, Shu Yu still maintained some presence, taking time to send him messages every day.
He would also take time to reply to Shu Yu with a few "Mmh"s.
Shu Yu would be active for a little while when talking to him, and then wouldn't send him any messages for the rest of the day.
Si Yiheng also didn't mention meeting Shu Yu again.
*
One day, the food in Shu Yu's refrigerator was finally consumed.
Shu Yu had to put on a mask and go out to restock.
Iron Egg really liked dressing Shu Yu up: [Baby Yu, wear this, it's cool.]
Iron Egg was talking about a light green dress with thin spaghetti straps, the hem resting just above her knees.
It made Shu Yu look especially fair, and her legs exceptionally long.
A very fresh and sweet outfit.
There was also a matching small green cloth bag to hold some odds and ends.
Shu Yu's long hair fell loosely. Her small face was snow-white with skin like creamy jade, and her eyelashes were long. When her eyes blinked gently, they fluttered like butterfly wings, making her look like a delicate porcelain doll.
Iron Egg almost screamed upon seeing her. Iron Egg: [Baby Yu, I've discovered I'm your mommy fan.]
Shu Yu blinked, drawing out the end of her sentence softly, "No way."
"Egg, you are just a newly born system, but I'm already nineteen. You can't be my mommy."
Iron Egg: [That is truly a pity.]
Shu Yu went out with Iron Egg. On the way, Iron Egg kept finding topics to talk about with Shu Yu, leaving her with no time to pay attention to the crowds around her.
Because Iron Egg was constantly distracting her, Shu Yu's usual nervousness and awkwardness when seeing large crowds became much less severe thanks to its presence.
Even though many people were looking at Shu Yu.
However, upon arriving at the shopping mall, Shu Yu still intended to make it a quick in-and-out mission.
Bread, ice cream, milk, instant noodles, and snacks—Shu Yu tossed them into the shopping cart by the pile.
*
Si Yiheng came out of the laboratory and remembered that he hadn't restocked his household supplies in a long time.
He went to the shopping mall near his residential area.
Si Yiheng's gaze was originally just casually sweeping across the shelves when he suddenly saw a familiar pair of legs.
Straight, slender, and perfectly proportioned.
The ankles were also very delicate.
Si Yiheng had an excellent memory and could clearly remember data after just one glance. Not to mention, he had dreamed of these legs many times.
His gaze moved upward and landed on the girl's face. The girl was wearing a mask, and the brim of her hat was pulled low. The mask covered most of her face, revealing only a pair of eyes.
Those eyes had long eyelashes, and the exposed skin was snow-white. Even without seeing her full face, one could feel the girl's beauty.
The girl was tilting her head up, staring at the potato chips on the shelf, looking as if she were seriously contemplating which flavor to choose.
Si Yiheng silently stared at Shuyu for two seconds. He lowered his head, took out his phone, and found the chat window with LittleFishSwimming.
Iron Egg: Baby Yu, your ATM just transferred money to you.
